Originally posted by FMF
You want a law against getting drunk?
No. I am merely pointing out that many of us lack self control. As I said, one can argue about laws and when and why you apply them, but I do see good reason for having blanket laws in some instances even though there are some people who can engage in an activity without causing harm to themselves or others.
Laws I am mostly in favour of are those to do with particular excesses causing harm. So I do support a law against drunk driving. And again, it must be a blanket law. We cant allow those who are capable of driving drunk safely to go ahead and so so, and only arrest those who are dangerous when drunk driving.
Similarly I support a blanket law against texting while driving.
Here in SA, I have been fined for not stopping at a stop street, even though there was no other car in sight and what I did was perfectly safe.